Elon Musk met with the head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command this week, an NSA spokesman said on Thursday, a sign that the effort to shrink the size of the federal work force could soon turn to a critical arm of the intelligence community. - ThreadSky

nytimes.com • 4 days ago

Elon Musk met with the head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command this week, an NSA spokesman said on Thursday, a sign that the effort to shrink the size of the federal work force could soon turn to a critical arm of the intelligence community.

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bob0colo.bsky.social•4 days ago

More importantly they must give Big Balls access to data.

errepi.bsky.social•4 days ago

Wake up! It’s never truly been a question of budget cuts, but of political control

desertmage65.bsky.social•4 days ago

I hope they shared with him the recordings they have of him chatting cosily with Putin and Xi and said "now what cuts were you proposing to our agency?"

itismashagain.bsky.social•4 days ago

They must not, under any circumstances, allow Musk access to USCYBERCOM. That is a massive national security breach.

ljskeans.bsky.social•4 days ago

Republican and Democratic leaders, what are you doing?

lameep.bsky.social•4 days ago

Can't believe they even let him in the building.

mel-33.bsky.social•4 days ago

This is an inside job to break the country.

sheepflame.bsky.social•4 days ago

justinmccarthy.bsky.social•4 days ago

It's Putin's 10 Easy Steps To Undermine Democracy.

lkstudiopdx.bsky.social•4 days ago

@nytimes.com thanks for the update on an unelected immigrant meeting with the head of US Cyber. Why not an article about how illegal this is. FU and your "scorecard" NY Times. Talking about it using the word "shrinking" how about destroying or the truth...crippling. You folks really stink.

buckleup36.bsky.social•4 days ago

Trump/Musk already wiped out the next generation of CIA officers - new recruits are trained for years at the cost of millions and are considered probationary for four years.

Another gift to the enemies of the USA like Russia thanks to Musk & Trump.

davidw38.bsky.social•4 days ago

Come on @nytimes.com. DOGE isn't about shrinking the size of the federal workforce, it's about destroying it's about capturing the government and punishing enemies.

whitehouse81.bsky.social•4 days ago

You nailed it David!

bearific.bsky.social•4 days ago

Weasel words and constant gaslighting is why I cancelled my NYT subscription this month. Ditched WaPo last fall after Bezos 69’d the endorsement for Kamala.

davidw38.bsky.social•4 days ago

I did the same!

westwood-malibu.bsky.social•4 days ago

Who authorized Musk's security clearance ? Revoke his citizenship, clearly a security rask.

ruth-and.bsky.social•4 days ago

I one elected Musk. Why does he have that access

fuuf.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yes, because they are the ones equipped and skilled to uncover what Putin’s Puppets and useful idiots are plotting / doing.

marcsobel.bsky.social•4 days ago

I assume Musk will get rid of every competent agent who's not a Russian Asset.

paulhbaker.bsky.social•3 days ago

When these anti American Fascists with a love yen for Putin get done, we won't be able to find a damn thing the Russians are doing against us. Might as well invite them in to take over!

theirminsul.bsky.social•4 days ago

For fucks sake

This is utter insanity

Why are the military meekly going along with this madness and not saying they will reign en masse if the subversion of the military by an unelected lackey of a transient politician with a transient political mandate from a minority of Americans ?

dchill4ca.bsky.social•4 days ago

Musk and his band of Muskovites should be physically THROWN OUT of D.C. and ALL Federal Offices!

kkk383.bsky.social•4 days ago

My cousin works there

lakerider.bsky.social•4 days ago

A) We don’t need team Trump/Elon doing this. B) they are Nazis.

paulrevere2.bsky.social•4 days ago

Trump is literally weakening and destroying the nation while his Republican lap dogs merely enable it. Traitors all.

nonnieida.bsky.social•4 days ago

Opening the door to be attacked by terrorists.

notsleeping9.bsky.social•4 days ago

Good Lord- deport Musk NOW!!

mindaftermathphd.bsky.social•4 days ago

How does he get on that guy's list. Dude is busy

blue678.bsky.social•4 days ago

newlevelofhell.bsky.social•4 days ago

Elon and intelligence don't belong in the same paragraph.

yasukereborn.bsky.social•4 days ago

So let me get this straight court documents stated he doesn’t run Doge, he’s an advisor and yet he’s meeting with the NSA. He should have been meeting with them first that’s where all the money is at

carpe-snarkum.bsky.social•4 days ago

abbotmythos.bsky.social•4 days ago

patriot79.bsky.social•4 days ago

He’s on a mission to be the proverbial bull in the china shop by breaking this country into pieces regardless of the consequences😱💩😡

sobaydrj.bsky.social•4 days ago

Folks, you don’t have to meet with that piece of shit elon for anything, tell him he is unqualified to understand the inner workings of what your agencies do and to go fuck himself. You are getting fired anyway, according to him. Start surveilling him and his businesses and leak the findings.

bryvegbry.bsky.social•4 days ago

What in the absolute fucking hell is the motherfucking military doing sitting on their fucking asses! Hey Navy Seals, Hey Black-Ops, Hey fucking anybody we've fucking overpaid for who likes the old piece of hemp paper with our rules on it that you swore you'd die for!! Jesus fuck this is dumb.

robprdn.bsky.social•4 days ago

As Musk and his crew appears set to move on the NSA, the other 4 members of the "5 Eyes" should immediately cease sharing all intel with the USA.

chaoticrespite.bsky.social•4 days ago

😡😡😡😡😡 WTAF.

mikahmiriam.bsky.social•4 days ago

Sorry who elected Musk? Who confirmed him? What security clearances does he have?

iabacon.bsky.social•4 days ago

No one, no one, and none.

eh61.bsky.social•4 days ago

Every idiot that voted for Trump, that’s who. Some are starting to regret it, we need to accelerate their awareness. The “anti-woke” are deep sleepers.

deviant-loki.bsky.social•4 days ago

Musk bought the presidency. It comes with carte Blanche access to everything and anything he wants. 😡

catherine-p-henry.bsky.social•4 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/catherine-p-henry.bsky.social/post/3lkbka6sblk2f

eveexamines.bsky.social•4 days ago

He's not trying to shrink the US government he's trying to make it dysfunctional, you bloody twits. And he's succeeding.

boudica24.bsky.social•4 days ago

This makes me sick to my stomach but if the NSA did what they should've in 2015 we wouldn't be in this mess

stinkface369.bsky.social•4 days ago

I studied cyber security. This move makes absolutely no sense unless you just want to make the US as open and vulnerable as possible to foreign actors. But also, and this they may not have considered, inside actors. And firing most of the best qualified hackers in the world can back fire

gyggy77.bsky.social•4 days ago

NSA meeting with a NAZI. Who would have thought?

econ-001.bsky.social•4 days ago

so, what if the whole plan is to disable the US to the extent that it gets invaded? then he has his excuse for a war.

humpyydumpty.bsky.social•4 days ago

I think you hit the nail on the head!

newlife2024.bsky.social•4 days ago

CHUCK SCHUMER is a sellout. It’s time for Schumer to go. He’s a schlimazel! No excuses! He needs to be afraid of our wrath if he lets us down again!!! @schumer.senate.gov

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julietacamp.bsky.social•4 days ago

Do not trust Muskrat. He doesn't need to know NSA stuff. He's a billionaire whose rockets are exploding right and left. That is sloppy irresponsible work and it's wasting taxpayer $$$.

julietacamp.bsky.social•4 days ago

Astronauts are still stuck in space because of his shoddy work. Go tell.

julietacamp.bsky.social•4 days ago

Not good. If anything intelligence needs more resources and eyes.🤔😎

amycallahan.bsky.social•4 days ago

🤬🤬🤬

curator1967.bsky.social•4 days ago

Bad!

mungomortimer.bsky.social•4 days ago

Roosevelt would be turning over in his grave.
Truman would be turning over in his grave.
Eisenhower would be turning over in his grave.
Kennedy would be turning over in his grave.
Johnson would be turning over in his grave.
Nixon would be turning over in his grave.
Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera ...

515angel.bsky.social•4 days ago

Reagan’s daughter told CNN earlier this week she knew her father was.

mungomortimer.bsky.social•4 days ago

Ha!!! That's terrible. I was not a Reagan supporter, but he was not a thief and his administration was filled with smart, intelligent men and women.

multithinker.bsky.social•4 days ago

When the world’s most influential tech magnate meets the head of the NSA, the stakes are high.

Is this about AI, cybersecurity, or a leaner intelligence apparatus?

Whatever it is, the ripple effects could be massive.

#ElonMusk #NSA #CyberSecurity

warpfactor10.bsky.social•4 days ago

was pootin on the phone call?

erikberg.bsky.social•4 days ago

These bastards need to be the first to die when China invades.

humpyydumpty.bsky.social•4 days ago

Goodbye democracy

voltairesrage.bsky.social•4 days ago

So Musk is taking over the Post Office and FAA and NASA and NSA. Sounds like a coup to me but NYT you just keep reporting like this is normal until you are bankrupt. We should set a boycott like we did with Tesla and Target for the NYT.

moofusp.bsky.social•4 days ago

He is going to kill us all

ethiccalbeef.bsky.social•4 days ago

Unimaginably stupid.

igdilemma.bsky.social•3 days ago

No business there. None.

NSA has wire taps on Trump's calls with Putin before he was inaugurated. They collect all of it.

Someone should come clean before they're fired. Be a hero.

You can bet your ass they don't want those calls out.

fElonius

kitchtime71.bsky.social•4 days ago

Musk drug dripped ketamin brain 🧠 is an NSA American security threat

colteagle760.bsky.social•4 days ago

How about cutting some of the billions of dollars of federal farm subsidies spent on red states? How will farmers for Trump feel about that?

halfhungarchie.bsky.social•4 days ago

https://youtu.be/r7PMxBOSZrw

indiagze.bsky.social•4 days ago

Defies belief that Musk is now in charge of NSA. How does shrinking the arm of intelligence going to guarantee any safety of institutions especially since his own X was only just cyber attacked? Is Musk really that stupid since we all understand that Trump definitely is a loose cannon?

thehip.bsky.social•4 days ago

And if he cuts intelligence agencies deep enough his Swasticars will magically start selling in China again. Sales have declined more than 50% in the last year

snowflakeelitist.bsky.social•4 days ago

Curtis Yarvin/ Peter Thiel and the Dark Enlightenment playbook sick billionaires are using to overthrow democracy. Crazy fucking fuckers.

usvsworld.bsky.social•4 days ago

Extremely Dangerous Times ahead

pascalswager.bsky.social•4 days ago

A guy that has secret chats with Putin turns his focus toward our intelligence agencies.

bellboy905.bsky.social•4 days ago

In related news, @nytimes.com executives met with Trump’s enforcers to beg for mercy, and swore to keep his literal campaign promise of dictatorship off the front page.